WELCOME

A warm welcome to my first blog.

A lot of people have a dream. One of my dreams was and is to learn as much as possible about libraries. When the US Embassy informed me that I - as one of the few Austrian librarians since the start of the program in 1950 - was invited to join the International Visitors’ Leadership Program “American Libraries” I could not believe. But it is true. I’ll start on Saturday June 27 2009 together with 22 approved candidates from all over the world. The project is designed to promote a better understanding of the role and function of libraries and information specialists in U.S. society; provide information on a wide variety of U.S. libraries and information management systems; demonstrate the diversity of library services and study technology and its use in library systems, including online and digital services. What a chance!